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EP About this file: EP4144489

EP4144489 - CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  03.02.2023
Database last updated on 11.09.2024
FormerThe international publication has been made
Status updated on  05.11.2021
Most recent event   Tooltip08.04.2024Amendment by applicant 
Applicant(s)For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-ku
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
[N/P]
Former [2023/10]For all designated states
Sony Group Corporation
1-7-1 Konan
Minato-Ku, Tokyo, 108-0075 / JP
Inventor(s)01 / SAIJO, Hiroki
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
02 / SODEYAMA, Yoshinao
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
03 / VAHEERDEN, Kirill
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
04 / KAWANAMI, Yasunori
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
05 / KAMADA, Rui
Tokyo 141-0022 / JP
06 / NISHIMURA, Naoki
Tokyo 108-0075 / JP
 [2023/10]
Representative(s)2SPL Patentanwälte PartG mbB
Landaubogen 3
81373 München / DE
[2023/10]
Application number, filing date21795787.705.03.2021
[2023/10]
WO2021JP08799
Priority number, dateJP2020007887728.04.2020         Original published format: JP 2020078877
[2023/10]
Filing languageJA
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report
No.:WO2021220614
Date:04.11.2021
Language:JA
[2021/44]
Type: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP4144489
Date:08.03.2023
Language:EN
[2023/10]
Search report(s)International search report - published on:JP04.11.2021
(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP19.09.2023
ClassificationIPC:B25J13/00, G05B19/042, B25J11/00, G06F3/048, B25J9/00, B25J9/16, // G06F3/01
[2023/42]
CPC:
B25J11/008 (EP,US); B25J11/0005 (EP,US); B25J9/0003 (US);
B25J9/1612 (US); B25J9/1674 (EP); B25J9/1679 (EP);
G05B19/042 (EP); G06F3/013 (EP); G05B2219/40408 (EP);
G05B2219/40409 (EP); G05B2219/40411 (EP); G05B2219/40413 (EP);
G05B2219/45084 (EP); G05B2219/45095 (EP); G05B2219/45108 (EP) (-)
Former IPC [2023/10]B25J13/00, G06F3/048
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2023/10]
TitleGerman:STEUERUNGSVORRICHTUNG, STEUERUNGSVERFAHREN UND COMPUTERPROGRAMM[2023/10]
English:CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM[2023/10]
French:DISPOSITIF DE COMMANDE, PROCÉDÉ DE COMMANDE ET PROGRAMME D'ORDINATEUR[2023/10]
Entry into regional phase02.11.2022Translation filed 
28.11.2022National basic fee paid 
28.11.2022Search fee paid 
28.11.2022Designation fee(s) paid 
28.11.2022Examination fee paid 
Examination procedure28.11.2022Examination requested  [2023/10]
03.04.2024Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
03.04.2024Date on which the examining division has become responsible
Fees paidRenewal fee
22.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 03
20.03.2024Renewal fee patent year 04
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Documents cited:Search[XI]WO2020031718  (SONY CORP [JP]) [X] 1-9,13-15 * paragraph [0042] - paragraph [0049] * * paragraph [0113] - paragraph [0118] * [I] 10,12;
 [XI]US2020094403  (KUFFNER JAMES JOSEPH [US]) [X] 1,10,11,14,15 * paragraph [0064] - paragraph [0074] * * paragraph [0083] * [I] 12;
 [X]  - Mainprice Jim ET AL, "Planning Safe and Legible Hand-over Motions for Human-Robot Interaction", (20100101), pages 1 - 7, URL: https://hal.laas.fr/hal-01976223v1/preview/2010-iarp-mainprice.pdf#page=2, (20230906), XP093079535 [X] 1,14,15 * §II.B *
International search[Y]JP2006272471  (ATR ADVANCED TELECOMM RES INST) [Y] 7-10, 13 * paragraphs [0025], [0033]-[0043], fig. 1, 3 *;
 [Y]JP2007160442  (HONDA MOTOR CO LTD) [Y] 4-5 * paragraphs [0153]-[0159], fig. 17 *;
 [A]JP2008246665  (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD) [A] 1-15* entire text, all drawings *;
 [XYA]JP2012161851  (ATR ADVANCED TELECOMM RES INST) [X] 1-3, 6, 12, 14-15 * paragraphs [0043]-[0106], fig. 1-15 * [Y] 4-5, 7-10, 13 [A] 11;
 [Y]JP2014176963  (TOYOTA ENG & MFG NORTH AMERICA) [Y] 4-5 * paragraph [0034], fig. 2B *
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